1Wives,
in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them
do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the
behavior of their wives,

2when
they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

3Your
beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and
the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.

4Instead,
it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle
and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

5For
this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God
used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own
husbands,

6like
Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her
daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

7Husbands,
in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat
them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the
gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

Ephesians 5:21

21Submit to one another out of
reverence for Christ.

25Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for
her

26to
make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

27and
to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle
or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

28In
this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself.

29After
all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just
as Christ does the church—

30for
we are members of his body.

31“For
this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his
wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

32This
is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.

33However,
each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the
wife must respect her husband.